#C7A149#C7A149

#C7A149 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.115 H 85.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7A149
RGB	rgb(199, 161, 73)
HSL	hsl(42, 53%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(42, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.1%, 63.3%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.11, 4.20, 49.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.11, 50.15, 85.19°)
OKLab	oklab(72.66% 0.0086 0.1147)
OKLCH	oklch(72.66% 0.115 85.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.5026, 38.1152, 11.6837)
Luminance	0.3811 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7A149 #496FC7

analogous

#C76249 #C7A149 #AEC749

triadic

#C7A149 #49C7A1 #A149C7

tetradic

#C7A149 #49C762 #496FC7 #C749AE

square

#C7A149 #49C762 #496FC7 #C749AE

split-complementary

#C7A149 #49AEC7 #6249C7

monochromatic

#725B23 #A18032 #C7A149 #D5B978 #E4D1A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#C7A149 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#C7A149 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7A149

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7A149	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7A149	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A040

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7948E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7a149;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 161, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.115 85.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbbc7f',
    500: '#c7a149',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7a149;
$custom-light: #dbbc7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7a149",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.905,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72664,
    "c": 0.11504,
    "h": 85.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7A149

secondary

#9BABD1

accent

#77DC4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7A149

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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